Cajuns Fall To New Mexico St., 92-76, In Season Opener
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NMSU was impressive from beyond-the-arc, knocking down shots at a 48-percent clip (12-25).
The Cajuns had a decent shooting night of their own, shooting 44.6 percent from the floor (25-56) and 38.9 percent from three-point range (7-18). But it was not enough.
Josh Brown got the Cajuns off to a fast start with a breakaway dunk for the Cajuns' first basket which quickly turned into to a 7-2 lead. But the Aggies were able to hold the Cajuns scoreless for the next four minutes to retake a 13-7 lead.
On multiple occasions, New Mexico State built its lead to as much as seven points but each time the Cajuns would bring it back to a one-possession game. With less than five minutes remaining, UL was a three-pointer away from tying the contest. Yet the basket would not fall.
Then another three-minute scoreless streak saw the Aggies' lead grow to 39-28 with 2:09 remaining. At the half, UL found itself trailing 42-34.
Randell Daigle opened up the second half with a three-pointer but New Mexico State's Troy Gillenwater answered with the Aggies' seventh trey of the night.
Three more three-pointers over the next nine minutes helped increase NMSU's lead to16 points, 51-67, and the Aggies never looked back.
Bureau led UL on 7-of-13 shooting and had a team-high six boards. Josh Brown and David Perez both had 16 in their Cajuns debut. Perez was 6-for-9 on the night, including 4-of-5 from three-point range.
The Aggies' size proved too much for the Cajuns as they went on to win the battle of the boards, 38-31.
Troy Gillenwater led NMSU with 30 points on 10-of-17 shooting.
The Cajuns will return to action on Monday, Nov. 15 as Louisiana College comes to the Cajundome. Tip-off is set for 7:15 p.m. following the women's season opener against LSU-Shreveport.
VISITORS: NMSTATE 1-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
33 Gillenwater, Troy... f 10-17 5-9 5-6 1 7 8 2 30 2 3 0 0 30
45 Watson, Tyrone...... f 1-5 0-2 1-2 1 1 2 2 3 4 2 0 2 29
32 Rahman, Hamidu...... c 6-9 0-0 6-9 3 4 7 2 18 1 2 1 0 25
13 Laroche, Hernst..... g 6-6 4-4 5-6 0 2 2 5 21 8 2 1 2 33
34 Castillo, Gordo..... g 1-5 1-5 0-0 1 2 3 2 3 4 1 0 0 31
01 Kabongo, Christian.. 1-6 1-2 0-0 2 2 4 1 3 1 3 0 0 19
05 Herig, Drew......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Sy, Bandja.......... 3-5 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 4 7 1 0 0 0 11
15 Nephawe, Tshilidzi.. 2-3 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 3 5 0 0 0 0 14
35 West, B.J........... 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 3 2 1 2 1 0 6
55 N'doye, Abdoulaye... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 31-60 12-25 18-25 12 26 38 24 92 22 15 3 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-37 35.1% 2nd Half: 18-23 78.3% Game: 51.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-16 37.5% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 48.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 10-14 71.4% 2nd Half: 8-11 72.7% Game: 72.0% 2
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HOME TEAM: Louisiana 0-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Bureau, Travis...... f 7-13 2-5 5-7 2 4 6 1 21 1 1 2 3 32
21 Gary, La'Ryan....... f 2-5 0-1 2-3 1 2 3 1 6 3 3 0 2 18
44 Mitchell, Javan..... c 0-0 0-0 3-4 1 2 3 1 3 2 0 1 0 16
01 Brown, Josh......... g 8-21 0-4 0-2 1 3 4 1 16 1 3 0 2 35
02 Daigle, Randell..... g 2-5 1-3 2-2 1 2 3 2 7 3 8 0 0 34
04 Farrington, Scottie. 0-1 0-0 5-8 1 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 1 15
12 Batiste, Colby...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 12
15 Perez, David........ 6-9 4-5 0-0 0 2 2 2 16 1 1 0 0 23
20 Wallace, Courtney... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
25 Mbamalu, Bryant..... 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 11
TEAM................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 25-56 7-18 19-28 9 22 31 19 76 11 17 5 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd Half: 12-25 48.0% Game: 44.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 38.9% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 15-22 68.2% Game: 67.9% 5
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Officials: Charlie Balunek, Bruce Bell, Sidney Cohen
Technical fouls: NMSTATE-None. Louisiana-None.
Attendance: 3488
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
NMSTATE....................... 42 50 - 92
Louisiana..................... 34 42 - 76More From 103.3 The GOAT
